Postseason scores, 2016

Major League Baseball championship series, 2016
World Champions: Chicago Cubs

Wild Card Games / Divisional series Oct. 4 - 13

League Championship series Oct. 14 - 23

World Series Oct. 25 - Nov. 2

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NL-W:

Los Angeles Dodgers (.562)

4

2

3

6

4

NL-E:

Washington Nationals (.586)

3

5

8

5

3

Los Angeles Dodgers

4

1

6

2

4

0

X

Chicago Cubs

8

0

0

10

8

5

X

NL-wc: ^

New York Mets (.537)

0

NL-wc: ^

San Francisco Giants (.537)

3

0

2

6

5

X

NL-C:

Chicago Cubs (.640)

1

5

5

6

X

Chicago Cubs

0

5

0

2

3

9

8

Cleveland Indians

6

1

1

7

2

3

7

AL-E:

Boston Red Sox (.574)

4

0

3

X

X

AL-C:

Cleveland Indians (.584)

5

6

4

X

X

Toronto Blue Jays

0

1

2

5

0

X

X

Cleveland Indians

2

2

4

1

3

X

X

AL-wc: ^

Baltimore Orioles (.549)

2

AL-wc: ^

Toronto Blue Jays (.549)

5

10

5

7

X

X

Extra-inning game:

X

AL-C:

Texas Rangers (.586)

1

3

6

X

X

Win by visiting team:

X

See explanatory notes at bottom.
^ : In the National League wild card game, the S.F. Giants won as the visiting team, so their row position was switched with that of the N.Y. Mets so as to properly align in the subsequent divisional series with the Chicago Cubs. On the American League side, the home team (Toronto Blue Jays) won, so no switch was necessary.

Postseason scores, 2015

Major League Baseball championship series, 2015
World Champions: Kansas City Royals

Wild Card Games / Divisional series Oct. 6 - 15

League Championship series Oct. 16 - 25

World Series Oct. 27 - Nov. 4

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NL-E:

New York Mets (.556)

3

2

13

1

3

NL-W:

Los Angeles Dodgers (.568)

1

5

7

3

2

Chicago Cubs

2

1

2

3

X

X

X

New York Mets

4

4

5

8

X

X

X

NL-wc: ^

Pittsburgh Pirates (.605)

0

NL-wc: ^

Chicago Cubs (.599)

4

0

6

8

6

X

NL-C:

St. Louis Cardinals (.617)

4

3

6

4

X

New York Mets

4

1

9

3

2

X

X

Kansas City Royals

5

7

3

5

7

X

X

AL-W:

Texas Rangers (.543)

5

6

1

4

3

AL-E:

Toronto Blue Jays (.574)

3

4

5

8

6

Toronto Blue Jays

0

3

11

2

7

3

X

Kansas City Royals

5

6

8

14

1

4

X

AL-wc: ^

New York Yankees (.537)

0

AL-wc: ^

Houston Astros (.531)

3

5

4

4

6

2

Extra-inning game:

X

AL-C:

Kansas City Royals (.586)

2

5

2

9

7

Win by visiting team:

X

See explanatory notes at bottom.
^ : Both of the visiting wild card teams (Astros and Cubs) won, so their row positions were switched after the fact, so as to properly align in the subsequent divisional series.

Postseason scores, 2012

Major League Baseball championship series, 2012
World Champions: San Francisco Giants

Wild Card Game / Divisional Series Oct. 5 / Oct. 6 - 12

League Championship Series Oct. 13 - 22

World Series Oct. 24 - Nov. 1

AL-C:

Detroit Tigers (.543)

3

5

0

3

6

AL-W:

Oakland Athletics (.580)

1

4

2

4

0

Detroit Tigers

6

3

2

8

X

X

X

New York Yankees

4

0

1

1

X

X

X

AL-wc:

Texas Rangers (.574)

1

AL-wc:

Baltimore Orioles (.574)

5

2

3

2

2

1

AL-E:

New York Yankees (.586)

7

2

3

1

3

Detroit Tigers

3

0

0

3

X

X

X

San Francisco Giants

8

2

2

4

X

X

X

NL-W:

San Francisco Giants (.580)

2

0

2

8

6

NL-C:

Cincinnati Reds (.599)

5

9

1

3

4

St. Louis Cardinals

6

1

3

8

0

1

0

San Francisco Giants

4

7

1

3

5

6

9

NL-wc:

Atlanta Braves (.580)

3

NL-wc:

St. Louis Cardinals (.543)

6

2

12

8

1

9

NL-E:

Washington Nationals (.605)

3

4

0

2

7

Note that there are TWO wild card teams in each league for the first time this year, with a one-game "play-in." For this year only, the lower-seeded teams hosted the first two games of the divisional series, i.e., a "2-3" format rather than a normal "2-2-1" format. The National League won the 2012 All-Star Game, and will therefore get the initial home team advantage in the World Series. See explanatory notes at bottom.

Postseason scores, 2008

Major League Baseball championship series, 2008
World Champions: Philadelphia Phillies

Divisional series Oct. 1 - 8

League Championship series Oct. 9 - 19

World Series Oct. 22 - 30

NL-wc:

Milwaukee Brewers (.556)

1

2

4

2

X

NL-E:

Philadelphia Phillies (.568)

3

5

1

6

X

L.A. Dodgers

2

5

7

5

1

X

X

Philadelphia Phillies

3

8

2

7

5

X

X

NL-W:

L.A. Dodgers (.519)

7

10

3

X

X

NL-C:

Chicago Cubs (.602)

2

3

1

X

X

Philadelphia Phillies

3

2

5

10

4*

X

X

Tampa Bay Rays

2

4

4

2

3*

X

X

AL-C:

Chicago White Sox (.546)**

4

2

5

2

X

AL-E:

Tampa Bay Rays (.599)

6

6

3

6

X

Boston Red Sox

2

8

1

4

8

4

1

Tampa Bay Rays

0

9

9

13

7

2

3

AL-wc:

Boston Red Sox (.586)

4

7

4

3

X

AL-W:

L.A. Angels (.617)

1

5

5

2

X

See explanatory notes at bottom. ** The White Sox beat the Twins 1-0 in a tie-breaking game in Chicago.
* Game 5 of the 2008 World Series was suspended because of rain in the middle of the sixth inning, with the score tied, 2-2. The last three and a half innings were completed two days later.

Explanatory notes

(Regular season winning percentages in parentheses.) Boldfaced scores indicate the winning team.Underlined scores denote extra-inning games. Olive-shaded score boxes denote games won by the VISITING team. Higher-seeded teams (those with the initial home field advantage) are shown on the BOTTOM side in each matchup. However, beginning with 2012, each league has TWO wild card teams, competing in a one-game "play-in," and whichever of those two teams that wins in each league is displayed below (after the outcome is known), so as to properly align with the subsequent divisional series scores. Beginning in 2003 and continuing through 2016, the league that won the All Star Game got the initial home field advantage in the World Series; prior to 2003, initial home field advantage in the World Series alternated from year to year. Except for 2002 (the infamous tie), the American League won the All Star Game every year between 1997 and 2009. Beginning in 2017, home field advantage in the World Series goes to the team with the higher regular season winning percentage.